Edition 41, December 2006

Training relevant to jobs: national VET student survey

Almost three quarters of graduates (74 per cent) who undertook training in 2005 reported their training was highly or somewhat relevant to their current job, according to the results of the annual Student Outcomes Survey.

The survey, published by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research, serves as a national report card for the outcomes from vocational education and training.

Nearly 74 per cent of graduates employed after training reported at least one job-related benefit, such as gaining a promotion or an increase in earnings, changing jobs, or setting up their own business.

Almost 80 per cent of graduates who undertook training in 2005 were employed six months after completing their training.

For all graduates who undertook training as part of an apprenticeship or traineeship (24 per cent), almost 90 per cent were employed after training.

Nationally, almost half (48 per cent) of graduates who were not employed before training gained work after training.

'The survey results point to a training system that is meeting student needs, with high numbers of students reporting employment-related outcomes and satisfaction with their training,' says Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, NCVER.

88 per cent of all graduates were satisfied with the overall quality of their training, and more than 86 per cent of graduates fully or partly achieved their main reason for undertaking training.

A copy of the Australian vocational education and training statistics: Student outcomes 2006-Summary can be accessed from www.ncver.edu.au/publications/1719.htm

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